--- title: "4 Body image Quotes By Mindy Kaling" description: "4 Body image quotes by Mindy Kaling. Plus more from Mindy Kaling and more Body image sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/mindy-kaling-672_able_i-get-so-worried-about-girls-with-body-i_1124808.jpg" --- > [I get so worried about girls with body image stuff And I feel like I have been able to have a fun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-get-so-worried-about-girls-with-body-image-stuff-and-i-feel-like-i/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/mindy-kaling-672_able_i-get-so-worried-about-girls-with-body-i_1124808.jpg) > [There’s a whole list of things I would probably change about myself. For example, I’m always trying to lose fifteen pounds. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/there-s-a-whole-list-of-things-i-would-probably-change-about-myself/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/mindy-kaling-672_always-trying_there-s-a-whole-list-of-things-i-would-p_1874968.jpg) > [I don't want to be skinny. I'm constantly in a state of self-improvement, but I don't beat myself up over it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-don-t-want-to-be-skinny-i-m-constantly-in-a-state-of-self/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/mindy-kaling-672_beats_i-don-t-want-to-be-skinny-i-m-constantly_2199579.png) > [I fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm a size…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-fall-into-that-nebulous-quote-unquote-normal-american-woman-size/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/mindy-kaling-672_abandon_i-fall-into-that-nebulous-quote-unquote_2849483.png) ## Other authors on Body image - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-naomi-wolf-70185.jpg) Naomi Wolf 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/naomi-wolf/) - [Sarah Hays Coomer 15 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/sarah-hays-coomer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kate-winslet-55465.jpg) Kate Winslet 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/kate-winslet/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oprah-winfrey-72703.jpg) Oprah Winfrey 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/oprah-winfrey/) - [Kate Wicker 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/kate-wicker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tina-fey-91082.jpg) Tina Fey 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/tina-fey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eric-lawson-33520.jpg) Golda Poretsky 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/golda-poretsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tyra-banks-92596.jpg) Tyra Banks 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/tyra-banks/) - [Melissa McCarthy 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/melissa-mccarthy/) - [Geneen Roth 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/geneen-roth/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lena-dunham-59507.jpg) Lena Dunham 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/lena-dunham/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jennifer-lawrence-48710.jpg) Jennifer Lawrence 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/jennifer-lawrence/) ## More by Mindy Kaling > [I think women in general like men that don't give them the thing that we want. We want a chase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-think-women-in-general-like-men-that-don-t-give-them-the-thing-that/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [When you're "East Coast" person, you are so insufferable, and you have no idea. And I was. One, because I was miserable, and nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/when-you-re-east-coast-person-you-are-so-insufferable-and-you-have-no/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the lyric: "I've been afraid of changing, because I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-find-it-incredible-impossible-not-to-cry-when-i-hear-stevie-nicks-s/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [I must have been 10 or 11, but anything Dana Carvey ever did, I just really loved. He was on for a long time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-must-have-been-10-or-11-but-anything-dana-carvey-ever-did-i-just/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“As it is, I guess I find “Jack & Diane” a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can’t help but notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/as-it-is-i-guess-i-find-jack-diane-a-little-disgusting-as-a-child-of/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“As it is, I guess I find "Jack and Diane" a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can't help but notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/as-it-is-i-guess-i-find-jack-and-diane-a-little-disgusting-as-a-child/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [True love is singing karaoke 'under pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/true-love-is-singing-karaoke-under-pressure-and-letting-the-other/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-had-these-kind-of-unrealistic-expectations-that-were-fueled-by/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [There's a female writer-performer thing going on in TV right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/there-s-a-female-writer-performer-thing-going-on-in-tv-right-now/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/almost-every-college-playwright-or-sketch-or-improv-comedian-was-sort/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/more-than-half-the-questions-i-am-asked-are-about-the-politics-of-the/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“Even though Mavis was my secret friend, she is the only one I hope I see again. She’s the only one I wonder about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/even-though-mavis-was-my-secret-friend-she-is-the-only-one-i-hope-i/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-regard-romantic-comedies-as-a-subgenre-of-sci-fi-in-which-the-world/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“Be like Allan Pearl. Sit next to the class clown and study him. Then grow up, take everything you learned, and get paid to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/be-like-allan-pearl-sit-next-to-the-class-clown-and-study-him-then/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“Don’t be closer to twice a friend’s weight than to her actual weight,” I told myself. This little mantra has helped me stave off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/don-t-be-closer-to-twice-a-friend-s-weight-than-to-her-actual-weight/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-image/mindy-kaling/#itemlist", "name": "4 Body image Quotes By Mindy Kaling", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I get so worried about girls with body image stuff And I feel like I have been able to have a fun career and be an on-camera talent and be someone who has boyfriends and love interests and wears nice clothes and those kinds of things without having to be an emaciated stick. And it is possible to do it. 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